The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-03
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
SPRIGHTLY COMMENTS OF THE DAY
OF THE NEWS.

or THE NtyS.
The Pennsylvania oaI strike Republican
ness-Democratic Outiook-The y. Y.
"star" and "sun"-The Way They shine.
Powdsrly Behind the scenes-Sc.
OF the great coal strike in Pennsylva-
mia the Philadelphia Times says that,
looking at il az an sue that involves the
employment or non-empl"ym' nj OF more
than twenty thousand working men, the
corresponding loss TO operators and a
grave loss to coal consumers al season
when such loss is most oppressive. II be.
comes a public question reaching beyond
the mere dispute between employer and
employed
The strikers claim that they are bat
Ting for The recognition Of conference
and arbitration and to the extent that
Al claim /. warranted by he facts, they
will have public sympathy with them.
There may be very good reasons why
the Lehigh operators cannot afford TO
grant the eight per cent. advance in
wages asked for by the strikers; but II
so, the best place in The word
10 present those reasons Is TO the
disputing employees face to face (;
and if conference shall fail, how
can the controversy be better adjusted
than by mutual submission to intelligent
and impartial arbitration No strike
can be justified, or even excused. that IS
made without exhauslng every effort for
conference and arbitration; and there
sill always be public symp Thy with
strikers who have been refused any hear
ing or consideration Of their real or i'm
aginary grievances.
A person unfamiliar with the Pick
wickian ways Of Republican newspapers
would be led TO infer, from the general
tenor Of their common on the approach
ing session Of Congress, that the country
was on the verge Of ruin. One Of these
journals remarks that " the meeting OF a
Democratic Congress is ways 10 be re-
garded AS a national calamity" Another
says lit is impossible TO predict what
damage may be done TO business interests
before Congress adjOurns." Others de-
vote their editorial space 10 the most
gloomy forebodngs of disaster to come
from the actions Of Congress, as If the
national Legislature were gigantic or
gained conspiracy against the welfare Of
the nation IHlstiagtoa Post
Our neighbor, the New York STIR,
seems to have been demoralized by The
1rbunes commentator of its remark
that eff Canada will exclude our fisher.
men we should exclude Canadian and
English fishermen from our ports; about
that there never should have been any
palayer or nonsense" II strings together
a large number Of inocuous conundrums
and with some asprrity demands a cor
responding number of answers This Is
oar reward for praising our friend the
enemy, when by sheer good luck 10 STUN
bled upon good American doctrine in the
fisheries question The STIR should be
grateful to u- for commencing It's spasm
Of sens, AMI not strive 10 take all the
grace ont OF the complaint by asking un-
necessary queslions-N J. Tribune
II gives MS pleasure 10 hasten TO credit
the 7rijuHe with nm excellent political
suggestion. 1t proposes that the chair
man of the Republi an county commit
tees Of This State bee cal ed together in IAN
experience mcciine,' and thar zach one
be astci 10 explain the extent OF The
bucksliding If his county and the reason
thereof The Irijtne thinks That such an
inquiry would tend 90 make The party
avoid i'm future campaigns the maadruil-
ness and cultivate ihr wisdom which was
displayed in lhe canvas under cOnsib efa-
tiDu The text for ihis -0lem meeting
is furnished by tie TrijVDaas follows:
" II 10 be true thaT men may ri e on
s,vtuiMg stones of their dead selves 10
higher things, II is equally patent
/ that political organizations may rise on
stepping stone. of defeat hy a small ma
/ joriiy 10 success next fall. ~ J. Star
So 10 seems that Mr. P0wderly. who has
he n taking look behind the scenes here,
/ is satisfied with the condition OF District
Assembly 40 OF this citY. Everything
about 10 AMI in il suits him 10 dot. II
/ is falling 10 pieces; that is all right. IL
/ l. nest of squabbles that is healthy
/ It's officers are guilty of jobbery that is
no matter. Its "Old Man has been
caught at his old tricks; what Of iig It's
/ boycott against The sun is laughed al
/ that was expected. It's treasury is bank
rupt that is a fine thing for t. It's sub.
stance is devoured ly dead beats. that
can't be helped It's secrets are known 10
all the reporters; who cares II is rid
den By ling Of dynamilers; they are
windbags Its members are refusing TO
pay their dues; that is so. II is on its
last legs; that is the very end to be de-
sired
In short, everything that Mr.. Powderly
/ learned here about his favOrites In No. 40
appears to have gratifed him.-N T.
Sun.
On the grave question OF the right Of
public meeting in Trafalgar-SQuare. Mr.
/ Gladstone has written an opporlune letter
to which no except on can be taken This
/ timely communication to the Bermond-
sey Gladstone Club is dated Hawarien
Castle. November 18th Mr. Gladstone
seasonably reminded perferyid members
/ o Parliament and hot-headed ringleaders